Gunther Werks
- Spotted during Monterey Car Week was Gunther Werks’ homage to the slant-nose Porsche 930.
- The Huntington Beach, California, firm calls it F-26 for the number of cars it plans to make.
- The F-26 has a 1000-hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter flat-six and a six-speed manual.
The Quail at 9:00 a.m. this morning might as well have been a garage off Sunset and Figueroa, because we found a nine-one-one slope. While this isn’t one of the original Porsche 930 slant-noses that left the factory in the 1980s, it is an homage to the automotive great. And when that great is already a Porsche 911, it’s basically the hat tip to the king of kings. Gunther WerksGunther WerksThe flachbau option was for the 911 racing fans who wanted their roadgoing Turbos (930s) to look more like the aerodynamic 935s that won more than 100 races in the 1970s and took an overall victory at the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans despite not being in the top class. This car, which Gunther Werks calls F-26, aims to capture some of that nostalgia and hopefully some of that magic with all the knowledge and experience it has learned over its four projects, the first of which it let us test back in 2019. Gunther WerksThis one takes visual cues from the roadgoing cars and the race cars, but those looking for pop-up headlights better keep combing Bring a Trailer, as this one has fixed units set in a carbon-fiber front end. The F-26, so named because that is how many the Huntington Beach, California, company will make, gets a 1000-hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter flat-six, six-speed manual, and a limited-slip differential. Plenty of carbon fiber in the construction, carbon-ceramic brake rotors, and magnesium wheels keep the curb weight to a tidy 2750 pounds. Carry the one . . . yeah, that’s 2.8 pounds per horsepower. It’ll be an absolute rocket ship, assuming the tires can hook up. Gunther WerksIt is worth noting that the 1000-hp figure is running a high-ethanol blend and that it will make less power on 93 octane. Gunther Werks’ Turbo model makes 700 horsepower. Like the other GW cars we’ve seen, it’s got big meaty tires, Continental 295/30R-18 in front and 335/30R-18 in the back. A 1.2-inch-longer wheelbase is said to improve the balance, and adaptive dampers should provide adequate compliance to what will undoubtedly be the kind of firm ride needed to harness this powertrain. We’re very open to testing this one too.Gunther WerksHomages from the C/D Archive
- We Test a Porsche 911 Remastered by Gunther Werks
- Gunther Werks 400R: What if Porsche Built a 993 RS?
- We Drive 50 Years of Porsche Turbos
Source: caranddriver.com
